Under pressure from Ukraine’s long-range missile and drone strikes, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a rare visit to a military command post this week, appearing in military fatigues and declaring that Russia will continue to fight and seize Ukrainian territory. The appearance, which was highly publicized, comes as Moscow looks to project confidence despite growing pressure on its energy infrastructure and economy from Kyiv’s campaign of so-called “long-range sanctions.
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Polls Show Americans Don’t Want Trump’s Iran War: A new Financial Times poll has added to a growing body of evidence that Americans don’t want President Donald Trump’s war in Iran. The survey, conducted between June 26 and June 30 among 1,795 registered voters, found that 58% believed the conflict was not worth the cost. The same study found that 44% believe the war has strengthened America’s position against Iran and put Trump’s approval rating at just 36%.
The data also showed that independents were most likely to withdraw their support for the president over the war.
Ukraine says that its long-range strike campaign against Russia significantly escalated in June, hitting more than 200,000 Russian military targets and almost doubling the number of successful strikes against targets positioned deep behind the front lines. The figures, released on Sunday, July 5, by Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, offer the clearest look yet at how much damage Ukraine is inflicting on Russian logistics and infrastructure.
On the eve of the 7-8 July 2026 NATO Summit, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is warning that Russia is preparing another large-scale attack against his cities and their civilian population. The Ukrainian head of state is now urging citizens to heed air raid alerts (which are sometimes ignored when they occur too close to one another in rapid succession) and has also been pleading with allies to accelerate deliveries of Patriot air defense missiles.
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Fleet Exercise 250 Combined 32 Ships from 15 Navies in a Once-in-a-Generation Naval Exercise
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As America prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, it is worth remembering a simple truth: our nation’s prosperity, security, and global influence have…
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Time to ‘kick’ Putin when he is down? So reads the headline in one of the United Kingdom’s major daily newspapers. The smart money is that as the heads of the NATO alliance member states meet in Ankara this coming week, this is precisely the proposition that will be part of the discussions.
That Russia’s situation in this war worsens by the day is no longer an op-ed columnist’s wish fulfillment or a fantasy prediction.